The seminar was organised following consultations held between the National Counter-Terrorism Co-ordination Council of Mongolia and the OSCE Secretariat's Transnational Threats Department in 2016. The Mongolian Authorities expressed an interest and need for support to national law enforcement agencies and relevant institutions from the non-governmental sector in building the capabilities of practitioners to effectively respond to VERLT-related threats in compliance with human rights and the rule of law.

Organised at the initiative of the Government of Mongolia in collaboration with the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), the fourth inter-regional conference, with the participation of the Asian Partners for Co-operation, builds on the previous high-level P/CVERLT inter-regional conferences that took place last year in Dushanbe, Seoul and Tashkent.